A young man named Mike Hawthorne (Gordon Currie) is troubled by his childhood past as he experienced his Mom being murdered by his father named Stephen (Garvin Cross) and then committed suicide so he still has his fears.
Well Mike along with his girlfriend Peg (Stacy Grant) travels to his grandparents farm for a Halloween party which he invites his friends wherein they will all dress up as their innermost fears along with a native indian named Crow (Byron Chief-Moon) where they would perform an ancient Indian celebration using the carved wooden dummy Morty that would eliminate their fears forever.
Suddenly, Crow is killed by a horse in which he feared the most of which was brought on by Morty as something went wrong and then Morty disguises himself as Stephen and then starts killing off Mike's friends one by one making their worst fears come true.
Mike must overcome his fears to put a stop to Morty with the help of Peg but however Morty feeds on his fear which makes Mike hesitant.

 

There's a nice prologue that involves both a mother and child driving in a car on a dark stormy night with good camera shots on them cruising along. Basically it's Halloween night driving in the deep dark woods.
Then the mother stops as she spots a busted up car and suddenly deciding to go into the deep dark woods in which she spots an axe murderer menacingly slaying someone with a nice shot on this blood thirsty killer. Next he spots her and is about to do her in as well as kidnapping her son and putting him in a trunk with Morty there.
This for sure is a great horror touch for a Halloween movie and had a feeling that I'm going to really enjoy this piece like I did with the original flick.

Afterwards it's present day as this little boy has grown up whom is Mike Hawthorne while he is driving his friends for a night Halloween get together at his grandmother Mam's mansion. The interactions were fair but looked a little stiff. Not terrible. Just not natural.

When the friends arrive, there is a nice warming welcome by Mams towards Mike Hawthorne as grandmother and grandchild which looks fairly decent. The moments here were well concentrated and well shot.

Mike goes up ti the attic as he is greeted by a native indian Crow with a nice presence on what he's doing as he has a figure under some sheets making this moment looking still and mysterious.
He of course is introduced by the wooden dummy Morty which scarred him as a child.
The scene was a great add into the story as well as his friends not taking this figure seriously in which I got a feeling that they will get their soon enough.

Peg approaches Mike near a tombstone trying to talk to him and him in which his back is turned in which this was supposed to make you wonder if he has something to hide in which this was supposed to keep the viewer in suspense. Yet it doesn't work.
However, later on, he acts jittery by discussing his past on what happened to his mother. This moment was well put into the story and acting disturbed by his past where there's a tombstone near him. I enjpoyed watching the outcome of all this.

In the story there's brainteasers on what looks like terrifying incidents happening. This drew in well to a shocking situations wondering as to why these people are doing what they're doing. Only to trick some of the friends that it was only a prank since Halloween is full of that with friends. All of this looked perfectly clever in which the filmmakers did a great job within this.

Mike has a conversation with Crow discussing about their fears and Morty as the setting is still and serious.
Then Mike goes to a mirror and slowly placing a wooden mask on his face and then taking it off. All of this looked still and well focused. Left me an impression wondering if he will get possessed while doing this.

Crow is attacked at a kennel by a horse with a good shot on him being knocked down with the camera zooming in on him and a shot up on a horse. Yet when the attacking happens it doesn't look brutal or intense as it was supposed to have been.

During a nice autumn day there's perfect camera shots on Ned and Trish walking along outside near a lake having a conversation. What they were talking about showed a nice drawn in moment.

There's nice friendly reactions on the people wearing their costumes based on It was quite cute on what they were wearing especially the dweeby one of the friends wearing a shark outfit. I had to laugh.

Before you know it, Morty comes to life and this time this wooden figure talks evilly and goes on a killing spree with many great scene's while doing this. Plus he even has special powers to disguise himself as the people residing there. Definetly different than in the original. It made me wonder if this oen was a true sequel.

A good shot on the Grandfather in the barn attic with rats covering over him which looks spooky.

Bottom line is that this is another fun flick as it delivers nice chemistry to take place close to Halloween but it's not as dark and creepy. It does show some familiar cast members from known cult horror flicks with some great settings in the woods like in the first film as this time it was filmed in my local area of Vancouver, BC. Some of the lines with Morty seemed a little corny though as at times it doesn't seem to fit and the plot and loses Morty's intimidation.

The acting is quite good as Gordon Currie (Mike Hawthorne) offers a nice deliverance with his character as a disturbed one about his past as he offers plenty of energy and aggression to his part in the film. A nice aggressive reaction by him whacking a tombstone with a stick. Great violent reactions on him and the wooden dummy Morty off his chair to the ground. He knew on how to spin around and act dizzy by passing out after a certain incident. Does well by holding a chair towards his fellow actress when approaching him wondering if she's Morty or not.

Stacy Grant (Peg) was wonderful as his nice and caring girlfriend in the film as she delivers good lines and a perfect character to her part to top it all off. Seemed to really draw in a serious personality as well as being powerful whenever she needed to be this way.

Myc Agnew (Chris) certainly showed it off as a sarcastic goofball by everything he had to do within all of this. Was believably annoying as you want to feel like telling him to shut up. For sure made his characteristics clear that he will be a perfect dead victim in this story once it unravels.

Brendan Beiser (Ned) shined off well as a dweeby type and can come across to the camera with his presence. Yet he seemed at times stiff. But however he brings some okay characteristics within all that he did here.
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Oh yes, there's Betsy Palmer (Mams) as we get to see her play a sane character this time in which we all remember her as Mrs. Voorhees in Friday the 13th. She was marvellous and will always remain a terrific character actress. A good speech by her when she explains to someone that things will be fine after a dead body is discovered which leaves you a creepy impression. She for sure came across well that she is a suspect. Also shows off a good warm and comforting attitude along with being humoress and charming.

Larry Pennell (Grandfather) was another good one playing a bitter old man in the film bringing his part across wonderfully. Showed perfect timing acting nasty towards someone else and giving him idle threats not to tell any tales about Morty to his grandson.

John Paul Fedele (Morty) has nice evil expression and really brought his lines across coldly and menacingly. Good reactions on him when he attacks his victims using jokes in a near Freddy Krueger type fashion.

Garvin Cross (Stephen) is terrific as a maniac in the film and has just the perfect looks for the part too. He for sure was a piece of dynamite when swinging his axe or speaking aggrassively. He was a natural by any means.

Byron Chief-Moon (Crow) brought a perfect seriousness to his role as the native in the film with his idea for the ceremony as his part instantly came to life for the film. Definetely came across as someone whom is knowledegable on legends.

A rattlesnake's head is chopped off
A woman's body parts and intestines are stuffed in a box but it looks slightly fake

We have a perfect chillling synthesizer playing from the opening and ending credits almost sounding Puppet Master like. Some odd guitar strumming and indian whistling type sounds with the odd piano playing too. All of this was well put in for a low budgeter.